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2044 – a visit to the Mar Saba monastery near Bethlehem

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

This weblog is about Athos. But every now and then I have to report something not directly related to the Holy Mountain, because of its importance or beauty. Today I will show some photos of the Greek orthodox monastery Mar … Continue reading →

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1987 – another look at the interior of the cell of Maroudá

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

My Athos friend Jan Paul ten Bruggencate, who just cellebrated his 87th birthday this month and who will be visiting Athos again in May (respect!), has been visiting the cell of Maroudá many times. He gave me the advice to … Continue reading →

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1337 – our new domain: athosweblog.com

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

(photo by Bas Kamps) Because athos.weblog.nl is closing down from the first of March 2013, we have been exporting our 1337 posts (with a few hundred photos!) from the last years to this weblog. Unfortunately most of the pictures have … Continue reading →

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Re-opening of this Blog? Will athos.weblog.nl move back to this site?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

We will try to copy the content as soon as possible to this adresss!! The first picture I ever took on Mount Athos: July 1980, monks on the pier of Sografou. Wim, Jan 23th 2012

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1243 – Athos weblog is back ! (more or less…..)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Dear readers, Due to migration problems from Typepad to WordPress our weblog has been out of order for almost one month. We are sorry for that, but we couldn’t do anything about it. And problems are not over yet: most … Continue reading →

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94 – Athos links

Posted on June 5, 2007 by

De top, foto gevonden op de russische site (zie hieronder). Omdat het aantal liefhebbers van vreemde talen op deze weblog snel groeiende is zal ik deze link er aan toevoegen (gevonden via yandex.ru/). En succes met vertalen ! (NB. als … Continue reading →

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70 – Drie nachten

Posted on April 19, 2007 by

In deze straat in Karyes bevindt zich het ” hotel” Toestemming krijg je officieel voor drie nachten. Voor een vierde nacht is toestemming van de abt vereist. In 1997 namen wij de 4e nacht het ” hotel” in Karyes maar … Continue reading →

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